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SV650rules · 15-11-16, 09:25 AM

on acceleration and braking, and also top speed things looked pretty comparable, the only thing the car really had an edge with was cornering speed, basically because of downforce aerodynamics the F1 'driver' can just pile into a corner at pretty much full speed, knowing that the extra tyre contact area added to the massive downforce will get them through. Bikes are limited by lean angle and a teensy weensy contact patch.

Take the wings off the F1 car and re-run the competition.

I think modern F1 racing is a few steps down from 'watching paint dry' on the scale of interesting things to watch, bring back the V10 / V12 engines (if just for their awesome sound) and ditch all the driver 'aids' . In a MotoGP, WSB, BSB race you can have the lead or positions change many times in a lap, in F1 ? well its a bit of a procession really, the pit stop strategy has more effect on result than the driver.

15-11-16, 09:25 AM	#5
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Guy Martin on acceleration and braking, and also top speed things looked pretty comparable, the only thing the car really had an edge with was cornering speed, basically because of downforce aerodynamics the F1 'driver' can just pile into a corner at pretty much full speed, knowing that the extra tyre contact area added to the massive downforce will get them through. Bikes are limited by lean angle and a teensy weensy contact patch. Take the wings off the F1 car and re-run the competition. I think modern F1 racing is a few steps down from 'watching paint dry' on the scale of interesting things to watch, bring back the V10 / V12 engines (if just for their awesome sound) and ditch all the driver 'aids' . In a MotoGP, WSB, BSB race you can have the lead or positions change many times in a lap, in F1 ? well its a bit of a procession really, the pit stop strategy has more effect on result than the driver. __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain Last edited by SV650rules; 15-11-16 at 11:55 AM.